Contact your credit card company and explain that you have been the victim of a scam. They may be able to remove the charge. They will also cancel your card and issue you a new one.
The call centers running this scam are located outside the US, usually in Asia, India or Africa. They use caller ID spoofing to make their numbers look like a US number, in this case one from Washington, DC to trick people into believing they are actually with the US Government. There is not much that can be done unless the country they are operating from cooperates with the US to shut them down.
I knew when I answered the phone none of them could speak good English. My husband was in here all excited saying Lord thank you I can pay my rent now! Glad we didn't fall victim to their selfishness. Only a selfish person will take from people who are less fortunate.
My daughter who is in CA for school fell for it but only gave them her debit card number, I knew when she told me about it that it was a scam so we immediately reported to her bank institute. I also called my local FBI agency and I gave them all the numbers these [***] had called from. I was told to file a report at www.FTC.gov I immediately did and I also reported identity theft to all 3 credit bureaus and the social security administration and we filed a report with her local police department. These [***] are violent and they threteand my daughter demanding a bank account! Please do as I did, we have to put a stop to terrorist [***] who take advantage of our young people and elders! The numbers I have are as followed: 202-808-3679, 202-666-1040, 202-247-0078. The person who calls goes by the name of Sam Beter! Please be aware and don't fall for these [***]! Report them!
Got a call from a fluke chump named Sam Peter or Beter,fortunately I'm a predicate prior felon that knows the government isn't too much into giving...so I couldn't understand why with the mistakes I've made in life,why the government would be giving me grant money. I wish I could be face to face with this scammer,"it would be another one of my mistakes"